An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...

The idea that genetic modification can improve humanity isn't new, but it has taken some interesting turns within the scientific community over the past few years. One of the most notable comes from ...

He Jiankui is reportedly once again editing the genes of human embryos in the lab, but he claims his experiments will now follow the rules. Reading time 2 minutes A Chinese scientist once jailed for ...

Scientists led by researchers from the Transmission:Zero team at Imperial College London have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their guts, and prevent ...